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Police Violence: Police Reform

Online Resources

Fostering a Police Reform Paradigm
Statebuilding and Police Reform: The Freedom of Security
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Public Security & Police Reform in America
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Twentieth Century Influences on Twenty-First Century Policing
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Organizational Structure in American Police Agencies
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Assessing Police Use of Force :Policy and Outcomes
‘Disband, Disempower, and Disarm’: Amplifying the Theory and Practice of Police Abolition
Critical Criminology volume 26, pp. 373–391(2018)
Collaborative Reform Initiative
US Dept. of Justice

Defunding the Police - Media Resources

Defunding the Police: What Does It Mean and Does It Have Merit?
A Brookings Institute Feature
There's a Growing Call to Defund the Police: Here's What It Means
CNN
What Does Defund the Police Mean?
The Guardian
YouGov Police Reform America Poll

Gypsy Cops

The Wandering Officer
Yale Law Journal Online
The Problem with "Wandering Officers"
The Mises Institute
Cast-Out Police Officers Are Often Hired in Other Cities
NY Times
How Police Unions and Arbitrators Keep Abusive Cops On the Street
The Atlantic Monthly
Shielded From Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States
Human Rights Watch

Videos

Academic Papers

Federal Enforcement of Police Reform
82 Fordham L. Rev. 3189 (2013-2014)
Police Reform During the Trump Administration
2017 U. Ill. L. Rev. Online [1] (2017)
Importance of State Law in Police Reform
60 St. Louis U. L.J. 363 (2015-2016)

News on Legislation

Duke Center for Science & Justice Legislation Tracking Spreadsheet
Active spreadsheet tracking current state bills on police reform
Here Are the Differences Between the Senate and House Bills to Overhaul Policing
NY Times
Crime and Law Enforcement Bills
GovTrack.us
Proposed Bill in House Judiciary Committee
An Act to reform police standards and shift resources to build a more equitable, fair and just commonwealth that values Black lives and communities of color
Bill in Massachusetts Legislature
Pennsylvania Measures
Pump.Org
Vermont Measures
Middlebury Campus
California Governor Calls for Police Reform
Courthouse News
Police Reform Actions in Connecticut
CTInsider.com
Oregon Putting Names of Ousted Police Officers Online
Fox12 Oregon